Drawing of Wooden Lintels in Upper Temple of the Jaguars
Schele, Linda, and David A. Freidel. 1990. A Forest of Kings: The Untold Story of the Ancient Maya. New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc.: 371, Fig. 9:20;
Schele, Linda, and Peter Mathews. 1998. The Code of Kings: The Language of Seven Sacred Maya Temples and Tombs. New York: Scribner: 8: 323, Fig. 6.29, B6
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Wooden lintels from door leading to inner sanctum, Upper Temple of the Jaguar showing Captain Sun Disk and Captain Serpent. Each figure carries darts and an atlatl ("spearthrower") suggesting warfare.
Drawing after Maudslay.